Research Report Plant- en Dierkunde : 2011 PLEASE NOTE: The Research Report format modifications have now been completed. If you detect any problems with the format on the report, please contact the RA Administators in the Research Office. Journal Articles (subsidised) ASTON PHILANDER LE, MAKUNGA NP, PLATTEN SJ. Local medicinal plant knowledge in South Africa preserved by apartheid. Human Ecology 2011; 39 : 203-216. ABRAHAM S., SOMERS MJ, CHOWN SL. Seasonal, altitudinal and host plant-related variation in the abundance of aphids (Insecta, Hemiptera) on sub-Antarctic Marion Island . Polar Biology 2011; 34 : 513–520. ABRANTES J, CARMO CR, MATTHEE CA, YAMADA F, VAN DER LOO W, ESTEVES PJ. A shared unusual genetic change at the chemokine receptor type 5 between Oryctolagus, Bunolagus and Pentalagus. Conservation Genetics 2011; 12 : 325-330. APANASKEVICH DA, HORAK IG, MATTHEE CA, MATTHEE S. A new species of ixodes (Acari: Idodidae) from South African mammals. Journal of Parasitology 2011; 97(3) : 389-398. BADENHORST D, DOBIGNY G, ADEGA F, CHAVES R, O’BRIEN PCM, FERGUSON- SMITH MA, WATERS PD, ROBINSON TJ. Chromosomal evolution in Rattini (Muridae, Rodentia). Chromosome Research 2011; 19 : 709-727. BAIRD D, ASMUS H, ASMUS R. Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in nine sub-systems of the Sylt-Rømø Bight ecosystem, German Wadden Sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 2011; 91 : 51-68. BENGTSSON J, JANION C, CHOWN SL, LEINAAS HP. Variation in decomposition rates in the fynbos biome, South Africa: the role of plant species and plant stoichiometry . Oecologia 2011; 165 : 225–235. BLACKBURN TM, PYŠEK P, BACHER S, CARLTON JT, DUNCAN RP, JAROŠÍK V, WILSON JRU, RICHARDSON DM. A proposed unified framework for biological invasions . Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2011; 26 : 333-339. BLANCHARD R, RICHARDSON DM, O'FARRELL PJ, VON MALTITZ GP. Biofuels and biodiversity in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 2011; 107 : Art.#186(1-8). BLOMEFIELD TL, GILIOMEE JH. Effect of temperature on the oviposition, longevity and mating of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). African Entomology 2011; 19 : 42-60. CASTRO-DIEZ P, GODOY O, SALDANA A, RICHARDSON DM. Predicting invasiveness of Australian acacias on the basis of their native climatic affinities, life history traits and human use . Diversity and Distributions 2011; 17 : 934–945. CERFONTEYN ME, LE ROUX PC, JANSEN VAN VUUREN B, BORN C. Cryptic spatial aggregation of the cushion plant Azorella selago (Apiaceae) revealed by a multilocus molecular approach suggests frequent intraspecific facilitation under sub-Antarctic conditions. American Journal of Botany 2011; 98 : 909-914. CERNOHORSKA H, KUBICKOVA S, VAHALA J, ROBINSON TJ, RUBES J. Cytotypes of Kirk's Dik-Dik (Madoqua kirkii, Bovidae) show multiple tandem fusions. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 2011; 132 : 255-263. CHAN C, JANSEN VAN VUUREN B, CHERRY MI. Fynbos fires may contribute to the maintenance of high genetic diversity in orange-breasted sunbirds (Anthobaphes violacea) . South African Journal of Wildlife Research 2011; 41 : 87–94. CHAUMEIL J, WATERS PD, KOINA E, GILBERT C, ROBINSON TJ, GRAVES JAM. Evolution from XIST-Independent to XIST-Controlled X-Chromosome Inactivation: Epigenetic Modifications in Distantly Related Mammals . PLoS ONE 2011; 6 : e19040. CHOWN SL, SORENSEN JG, TERBLANCHE JS. Water loss in insects: An environmental change perspective. Journal of Insect Physiology 2011; 57 : 1070-1084. CLAßEN-BOCKHOFF R, OLIVER EGH, HALL AV, QUINT M. A new classification of the South African endemic family Bruniaceae based on molecular and morphological data . Taxon 2011; 60 : 1138–1155. CLUSELLA-TRULLAS S, BLACKBURN TM, CHOWN SL. Climatic Predictors of Temperature Performance Curve Parameters in Ecotherms Imply Complex Responses to Climate Change. American Naturalist 2011; 177 : 738-751. CLUSELLA-TRULLAS S, CHOWN SL. Comment on “Erosion of Lizard Diversity by Climate Change and Altered Thermal Niches” . Science 2011; 332 : 537a. CLUSELLA-TRULLAS S, TERBLANCHE JS. Local adaptation for body color in Drosophila americana: commentary on Wittkopp et al. Heredity 2011; 106(5) : 904-905. CORNILLE A, UNDERHILL JG, CRUAUD A, HOSSAERT-MCKEY M, JOHNSON SD, TOLLEY KA, KJELLBERG F, VAN NOORT S, PROFFIT M. Floral volatiles, pollinator sharing and diversification in the fig–wasp mutualism: insights from Ficus natalensis, and its two wasp pollinators (South Africa) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 2011; 10 : 1972-1980. COWAN DA, CHOWN SL, CONVEY P, TUFFIN M, HUGHES KA, POINTING S, VINCENT WF. Non-indigenous microorganisms in the Antarctic: assessing the risks. Trends in Microbiology 2011; 19 : 540-548. DANIELS CW, RAUTENBACH F, MABUSELA WT, VALENTINE AJ, MARNEWICK JL. Comparative antioxidant-capacity and -content of leaves, bulbs, roots, flowers and fruit of Gethyllis multifolia L. Bolus and G. villosa Thunb. species. South African Journal of Botany 2011; 77 : 711–717. DANIELS SR. Genetic variation in the Critically Endangered velvet worm Opisthopatus roseus (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) . African Zoology 2011; 46 : 419–424. DANIELS SR. Reconstructing the colonisation and diversification history of the endemic freshwater crab (Seychellum alluaudi) in the granitic and volcanic Seychelles Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2011; 61 : 534-542. DE JAGER ML, DREYER LL, ELLIS AG. Do pollinators influence the assembly of flower colours within plant communities?. Oecologia 2011; 166 : 543-553. DU PLESSIS IJ, MOUTON PLN. Habitat preferences of three sympatric lacertid lizards in the arid Tankwa Karoo Basin of South Africa . African Zoology 2011; 46 : 88–94. EDWARDS S, CLAUDE J, JANSEN VAN VUUREN B, MATTHEE CA. Evolutionary history of the Karoo bush rat, Myotomys unisulcatus (Rodentia: Muridae): disconcordance between morphology and genetics . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2011; 102 : 510–526. EGOH B, REYERS B, ROUGET M, RICHARDSON DM. Identifying priority areas for ecosystem service management in South African grasslands . Journal of Environmental Management 2011; 92 : 1642-1650. EIJSACKERS H. Earthworms as colonizers of natural and cultivated soil environments. Applied Soil Ecology 2011; 50 : 1-13. ENGELBRECHT A, TAYLOR PJ, DANIELS SR, RAMBAU RV. Chromosomal Polymorphisms in African Vlei Rats, Otomys irroratus (Muridae: Otomyini), Detected by Banding Techniques and Chromosome Painting: Inversions, Centromeric Shifts and Diploid Number Variation. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 2011; 133 : 8–15. ENGELBRECHT A, TAYLOR PJ, DANIELS SR, RAMBAU RV. Cryptic speciation in the southern African vlei rat Otomys irroratus complex: evidence derived from mitochondrial cyt b and niche modelling . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2011; 104 : 192– 206. ENGELBRECHT HM, MOUTON PLN, DANIELS SR. Are melanistic populations of the Karoo girdled lizard, Karusasaurus polyzonus, relics or ecotypes? A molecular investigation. African Zoology 2011; 46 : 146–155. FOXCROFT LC, JAROŠÍK V, PYŠEK P, RICHARDSON DM, ROUGET M. Protected-Area Boundaries as Filters of Plant Invasions . Conservation Biology 2011; 25 : 400–405. FOXCROFT LC, MCGEOCH MA. Implementing invasive species management in an adaptive management framework. Koedoe: Research Journal of the South African National Parks 2011; 53(2)(Art#1006) : 1-11. FOXCROFT LC, PICKETT STA, CADENASSO ML. Expanding the conceptual frameworks of plant invasion ecology. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 2011; 13 : 89-100. FRANCISCO SM, CONGIU L, VON DER HEYDEN S, ALMADA VC. Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the genus Atherina (Pisces: Atherinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2011; 61 : 71-78. GAERTNER M, RICHARDSON DM, PRIVETT SDJ. Effects of Alien Plants on Ecosystem Structure and Functioning and Implications for Restoration: Insights from Three Degraded Sites in South African Fynbos. Environmental Management 2011; 48 : 57-69. GALLAGHER RV, LEISHMAN MR, MILLER JT, HUI C, RICHARDSON DM, SUDA J, TRÁVNÍCEK P. Invasiveness in introduced Australian acacias: the role of species traits and genome size . Diversity and Distributions 2011; 17 : 884–897. GEERTS S, PAUW A. Easy techniques for assessing pollination rates in the genus Erica reveals road impact on bird population in the Cape fynbos, South Africa. Austral Ecology 2011; 36 : 656-662. GEERTS S, PAUW A. Farming with native bees (Apis mellifera subsp. capensis Esch.) has varied effects on nectar-feeding bird communities in South African fynbos vegetation. Population Ecology 2011; 53 : 333–339. GIBSON L, HUNTLEY B, BARNARD P, ALTWEGG R, CHAMBERS L, COETZEE BWT, HOCKEY PAR, HOLE DG, MIDGLEY GF, UNDERHILL LG, WILLIS SG. Beyond bioclimatic envelopes: dynamic species' range and abundance modelling in the context of climatic change. Ecography 2010; 33 : 621-626. GIBSON MR, RICHARDSON DM, MARCHANTE E, MARCHANTE H, RODGER JG, STONE GN, BYRNE M, FUENTES-RAMÍREZ A, GEORGE N, HARRIS C, JOHNSON SD, LE ROUX JJ, MILLER JT, MURPHY DJ, PAUW A, PRESCOTT MN, WANDRAG EM, WILSON JRU. Reproductive biology of Australian acacias: important mediator of invasiveness? . Diversity and Distributions 2011; 17 : 911–933. GILIOMEE JH. Recent establishment of many alien insects in South Africa – a cause for concern . African Entomology 2011; 19 : 151–155. GOUWS EJ, GASTON KJ, CHOWN SL. Intraspecific Body Size Frequency Distributions of Insects . PLoS ONE 2011; 6 : e16606. GREVE G, ALECHINE E, PASANTES JJ, HODLER C, RIETSCHEL W, ROBINSON TJ, SCHEMPP W. Y-Chromosome variation in Hominids: Intraspecific variation is limited to the polygamous Chimpanzee. PLoS ONE 2011; 6 : e29311. GREVE M, CHOWN SL, VAN RENSBURG BJ, DALLIMER M, GASTON KJ. The ecological effectiveness of protected areas: a case study for South African birds. Animal Conservation 2011; 14 : 295–305. GROBLER GC, BASTOS ADS, CHIMIMBA CT, CHOWN SL. Inter-island dispersal of flightless Bothrometopus huntleyi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island archipelago . Antarctic Science 2011; 23 : 225–234. GROBLER GC, BASTOS ADS, TREASURE AM, CHOWN SL. Cryptic species, biogeographic complexity and the evolutionary history of the Ectemnorhinus group in the sub-Antarctic, including a description of Bothrometopus huntleyi, n. sp. . Antarctic Science 2011; 23 : 211–224. GROENEWALD CW, BORN C, CHOWN SL, JANSEN VAN VUUREN B. Development of a microsatellite library for the flightless moth Pringleophaga marioni Viette (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) . Conservation Genetics Resources 2011; 3 : 291–294. HARDOUIN EA, CHAPUIS J-L, STEVENS MI, JANSEN VAN VUUREN B, QUILLFELDT P, SCAVETTA RJ, TESCHKE M, TAUTZ D. House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010; 10 : 10:325. HÄRTEL S, WOSSLER TC, MOLTZER GJ, CREWE RM, MORITZ RFA, NEUMANN P. Pheromone-mediated reproductive dominance hierarchies among pseudo-clonal honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis). Apidologie 2011; 42 : 659-668. HEIDEMAN NJL, MULCAHY DG , SITES JR. JW, HENDRICKS MGJ, DANIELS SR. Cryptic diversity and morphological convergence in threatened species of fossorial skinks in the genus Scelotes (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Western Cape Coast of South Africa: Implications for species boundaries, digit reduction and conservation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2011; 61 : 823–833. HERREL A, MEASEY GJ, VANHOOYDONCK B, TOLLEY KA. Functional consequences of morphological differentiation between populations of the Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodium pumilum). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2011; 104 : 692-700. HOLMES MJ, ALLSOPP MH, NOACH-PIENAAR L, WOSSLER TC, OLDROYD BP, BEEKMAN M. Sperm utilization in honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata and A.m. capensis) in South Africa. Apidologie 2011; 42 : 23-28. HONZA M, POŽGAYOVÁ M, PROCHÁZKA P, CHERRY MI. Blue-green eggshell coloration is not a sexually selected signal of female quality in an open-nesting polygynous passerine . Naturwissenschaften 2011; 98 : 493–499. HOPKINS KP, TOLLEY KA. Morphological variation in the Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum) as a consequence of spatially explicit habitat structure differences . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2011; 102 : 878–888. HUANG L, JING M, NIE W, ROBINSON TJ, YANG F. Chromosome Homologies between Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) and Chinese muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) Facilitate Tracing the Evolutionary History of Damaliscus (Bovidae, Antilopinae, Alcelaphini) . Cytogenetic and Genome Research 2011; 132 : 264–270. HUGHES KA, LEE JE, TSUJIMOTO M, IMURA S, BERGSTROM DM, WARE C, LEBOUVIER M, HUISKES AHL, GREMMEN NJM, FRENOT Y, BRIDGE PD, CHOWN SL. Food for thought: Risks of non-native species transfer to the Antarctic region with fresh produce. Biological Conservation 2011; 144 : 1682–1689. HUI C, FOXCROFT LC, RICHARDSON DM, MACFADYEN S. Defining optimal sampling effort for large-scale monitoring of invasive alien plants: a Bayesian method for estimating abundance and distribution . Journal of Applied Ecology 2011; 48 : 768–776. HUI C, RICHARDSON DM, ROBERTSON MP, WILSON JRU, YATES CJ. Macroecology meets invasion ecology: linking the native distributions of Australian acacias to invasiveness . Diversity and Distributions 2011; 17 : 872–883. HUI C, TERBLANCHE JS, CHOWN SL, MCGEOCH MA. Parameter landscapes unveil the bias in allometric prediction . Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2011; 1 : 69–74. HUI C. Forecasting population trend from the scaling pattern of occupancy . Ecological Modelling 2011; 222 : 442–446. HUNTLEY B, BARNARD P, ALTWEGG R, CHAMBERS L, COETZEE BWT, GIBSON L, HOCKEY PAR, HOLE DG, MIDGLEY GF, UNDERHILL LG, WILLIS SG. Beyond bioclimatic envelopes: dynamic species' range and abundance modelling in the context of climatic change. Ecography 2011; 33 : 621-626. JAROŠÍK V, PYŠEK P, FOXCROFT LC, RICHARDSON DM, ROUGET M, MACFADYEN S. Predicting incursion of Plant Invaders into Kruger National Park, South Africa: The interplay of general drivers and species-specific factors. PLoS ONE 2011; 6(12) : e28711. JOHNSON T, GILIOMEE JH. Development of the oleander mealybug, Paracoccus burnerae (Brain) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), on citrus at five temperatures . African Entomology 2011; 19 : 641–649. JOHNSON T, GILIOMEE JH. Evaluation of citrus, butternut and sprouting potato as mass rearing substrates for the oleander mealybug, Paracoccus burnerae (Brain) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) . African Journal of Biotechnology 2011; 10 : 8320-8344. KALEME PKK, BATES JM, BELESI HK, BOWIE RCK, GAMBALEMOKE M, KERBIS- PETERHANS J, MICHAUX J, MWANGA JM, NDARA BR, TAYLOR PJ, JANSEN VAN VUUREN B. Origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. African Zoology 2011; 46(1) : 133-145. KARSTEN M, JANSEN VAN VUUREN B, GOODMAN P, BARNAUD A. The history and management of black rhino in KwaZulu-Natal: a population genetic approach to assess the past and guide the future. Animal Conservation 2011; 14 : 363-370. KOVALSKAYA YM, ANISKIN VM, BOGOMOLOV PL, SUROV AV, TIKHONOV IA, TIKHONOVA GN, ROBINSON TJ, VOLOBOUEV VT. Karyotype Reorganisation in the subtilis Group of Birch Mice (Rodentia, Dipodidae, Sicista): Unexpected Taxonomic Diversity within a Limited Distribution . Cytogenetic and Genome Research 2011; 132 : 271–288. KULL CA, SHACKLETON CM, CUNNINGHAM PJ, DUCATILLON C, DUFOUR-DROR J, ESLER KJ, FRIDAY JB, GOUVEIA AC, GRIFFIN AR, MARCHANTE E, MIDGLEY SJ, PAUCHARD A, RANGAN H, RICHARDSON DM, RINAUDO T, TASSIN J, URGENSON LS, VON MALTITZ GP, ZENNI RD, ZYLSTRA MJ. Adoption, use and perception of Australian acacias around the world. Diversity and Distributions 2011; 17 : 822-836. LE MAITRE DC, GAERTNER M, MARCHANTE E, ENS EJ, HOLMES PM, PAUCHARD A, O’FARRELL PJ, ROGERS AM, BLANCHARD R, BLIGNAUT J, RICHARDSON DM. Impacts of invasive Australian acacias: implications for management and restoration . Diversity and Distributions 2011; 17 : 1015–1029. LE ROUX JJ, BROWN GK, BYRNE M, NDLOVU J, RICHARDSON DM, THOMPSON GD, WILSON JRU. Phylogeographic consequences of different introduction histories of invasive Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lophantha (Fabaceae) in South Africa . Diversity and Distributions 2011; 17 : 861–871. LE ROUX JJ, GEERTS S, IVEY P, KRAUSS S, RICHARDSON DM, SUDA J, WILSON JRU. Molecular systematics and ecology of invasive Kangaroo Paws in South Africa: management implications for a horticulturally important genus . Biological Invasions 2011; 12 : 3989–4002. LEE JE, CHOWN SL. Quantification of intra-regional propagule movements in the Antarctic. Antarctic Science 2011; 23 : 337–342. MCDEVITT AD, VEGA R, RAMBAU RV, YANNIC G, HERMAN JS, HAYDEN TJ, SEARLE JB. Colonization of Ireland: revisiting ‘the pygmy shrew syndrome’ using mitochondrial, Y chromosomal and microsatellite markers . Heredity 2011; 107 : 548- 557. MCGEOCH MA, SITHOLE H, SAMWAYS M, SIMAIKA JP, PRYKE JS, PICKER M, UYS C, ARMSTRONG AJ, DIPPENAAR-SCHOEMAN AS, ENGELBRECHT IA, BRASCHLER B, HAMER M. Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas . Koedoe: Research Journal of the South African National Parks 2011; 53(2) : 1-13. MCGEOCH MA, SITHOLE H, SAMWAYS M, SIMAIKA JP, PRYKE JS, PICKER MD, UYS C, ARMSTRONG AJ, DIPPENAAR-SCHOEMAN AS, ENGELBRECHT IA, BRASCHLER B, HAMER M. Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas . Koedoe: Research Journal of the South African National Parks 2011; 53(2) : Art.#1000. MCLEISH MJ, GUO D, VAN NOORT S, MIDGLEY GF. Life on the edge: rare and restricted episodes of a pan-tropical mutualism adapting to drier climates. New Phytologist 2011; 191 : 210-222. MCLEISH MJ, SCHWARZ MP, CHAPMAN TW. Gall inducers take a leap: host-range differences explain speciation opportunity (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 2011; 50 : 405-417. MCLEISH MJ. Speciation in gall-inducing thrips on Acacia in arid and non-arid areas of Australia. 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